Add support for loading custom 'kathara.conf' from lab directory (#340)

Introduce functionality to load a custom 'kathara.conf' file from the lab directory if it exists. This ensures commands (lstart, lclean, lrestart, linfo, exec, connect) to use lab-specific configurations seamlessly.

Author: tcaiazzi

src/Kathara/cli/command/ConnectCommand.py

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ def run(self, current_path: str, argv: List[str]) -> int:
         else:
             lab_path = args['directory'].replace('"', '').replace("'", '') if args['directory'] else current_path
             lab_path = utils.get_absolute_path(lab_path)
+
+            # Load custom 'kathara.conf' if it exists
+            self._load_custom_configuration(lab_path)
+
             try:
                 lab = LabParser.parse(lab_path)
             except (Exception, IOError):

src/Kathara/cli/command/ExecCommand.py

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ def run(self, current_path: str, argv: List[str]) -> int:
         else:
             lab_path = args['directory'].replace('"', '').replace("'", '') if args['directory'] else current_path
             lab_path = utils.get_absolute_path(lab_path)
+
+            # Load custom 'kathara.conf' if it exists
+            self._load_custom_configuration(lab_path)
+
             try:
                 lab = LabParser.parse(lab_path)
             except (Exception, IOError):

src/Kathara/cli/command/LcleanCommand.py

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ def run(self, current_path: str, argv: List[str]) -> int:
 
         lab_path = args['directory'].replace('"', '').replace("'", '') if args['directory'] else current_path
         lab_path = utils.get_absolute_path(lab_path)
+
+        # Load custom 'kathara.conf' if it exists
+        self._load_custom_configuration(lab_path)
+
         try:
             lab = LabParser.parse(lab_path)
         except (Exception, IOError):

src/Kathara/cli/command/LconfigCommand.py

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ def run(self, current_path: str, argv: List[str]) -> int:
         lab_path = args['directory'].replace('"', '').replace("'", '') if args['directory'] else current_path
         lab_path = utils.get_absolute_path(lab_path)
 
+        # Load custom 'kathara.conf' if it exists
+        self._load_custom_configuration(lab_path)
+
         lab = LabParser.parse(lab_path)
 
         Kathara.get_instance().update_lab_from_api(lab)

src/Kathara/cli/command/LinfoCommand.py

@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ def run(self, current_path: str, argv: List[str]) -> int:
 
         lab_path = args['directory'].replace('"', '').replace("'", '') if args['directory'] else current_path
         lab_path = utils.get_absolute_path(lab_path)
+
+        # Load custom 'kathara.conf' if it exists
+        self._load_custom_configuration(lab_path)
+
         try:
             lab = LabParser.parse(lab_path)
         except (Exception, IOError):

src/Kathara/cli/command/LstartCommand.py

@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ def run(self, current_path: str, argv: List[str]) -> int:
         lab_path = args['directory'].replace('"', '').replace("'", '') if args['directory'] else current_path
         lab_path = utils.get_absolute_path(lab_path)
 
+        # Load custom 'kathara.conf' if it exists
+        self._load_custom_configuration(lab_path)
+
         Setting.get_instance().open_terminals = args['terminals'] if args['terminals'] is not None \
             else Setting.get_instance().open_terminals
         Setting.get_instance().terminal = args['xterm'] or Setting.get_instance().terminal

src/Kathara/foundation/cli/command/Command.py

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+import logging
+import os
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import List, Dict, Any
 
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.theme import Theme
 
+from Kathara.setting.Setting import Setting
 from ..CliArgs import CliArgs
 
 
@@ -33,3 +36,15 @@ def parse_args(self, argv: List[str]) -> None:
     @staticmethod
     def get_args() -> Dict[str, Any]:
         return CliArgs.get_instance().args
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _load_custom_configuration(lab_path: str) -> None:
+        """Load custom configuration from the given lab path if it exists.
+
+        Args:
+            lab_path (str): Path to the lab directory
+        """
+        custom_conf_path = os.path.join(lab_path, 'kathara.conf')
+        if os.path.exists(custom_conf_path):
+            logging.info(f'Loading custom configuration file: {custom_conf_path} ...')
+            Setting.get_instance().load_from_disk(lab_path)